Unit3Theworldofcoloursandlight●GrammarandusageStep1:GeneralintroductionThegrammariteminthisunitfocusesoninversion.Youwilllearnhowtomakeaninversionandinwhatcasesinversionisused.Thenyoumayapplywhatyouhavelearnttopracticaluse.Step2:Explanation1.Lookatthefollowingpairsofsentences.Whatisthedifferencebetweenthem?◆Ilikethebeautifulgirl.Doyoulikethebeautifulgirl?◆Iamdoingmyhomework.Whatareyoudoing?Intheabovesentences,thesecondsentenceofeachpairisaquestion.Theorderofthewordsinthesentenceshasbeenchanged.Thisiscalledinversion.Whenweuseinversion,weputthepredicateorpartofitbeforethesubject,sothepredicateisemphasizedinsteadofthesubject.Inversioncanbeusedinmanycasesbesidesinaquestion.2.Theothercaseswhereinversioncanbeusedareasfollows.Whenthesentencebeginswithanegativewordoranegativephrasesuchasneither,nor,never,not,atnotime,seldom,hardly.Pleasechangethefollowingsentencesintoinversion1)Ican’tswim;hecan’tswimeitherIcan’tswim;neithercanhe.2)IshallneverforgetthedaywhenImetMrWanginthecountryside.NevershallIforgetthedaywhenImetMrWanginthecountryside.3)SmokingisatnotimepermittedinthemeetingroomAtnotimeissmokingpermittedinthemeetingroom.4)Hehadhardlygotintotheroomwhenthetelephonerang.Hardlyhadhegotintotheroomwhenthetelephonerang.Whenthesentencebeginswithonlyandso/such1)Youwillbeabletomasterthelanguageonlybypractisingafewhourseveryday.Onlybypractisingafewhourseveryday,willyoubeabletomasterthelanguage.2)Sheissobeautifulthatwealllikeher.Sobeautifulisshethatwealllikeher.3)Sheissuchabeautifulgirlthatwealllikeher.Suchabeautifulgirlisshethatwealllikeher.Note:Inversionshouldnotbeusedwhenonlymodifiesthesubject.Whenthesentencebeginswithdirectspeechorpartofit“I’llcomebackinthreedays,”saidTom.WhenthesubjectistoolongPresentatthemeetingweremanyimportantpersons.Whenthesentencebeginswithhere,there,in,out,up,down,on,etc.Hereisanappleforyou.Theregoesthebell.Therearemanystudentsinourschool.用心爱心专心116号编辑Note:Ifthesubjectisapronoun,wecannotuseinversion.Inversioncanalsobeusedinformallanguagetotalkaboutunrealconditionals.HadItime(=IfIhadtime),Iwouldgoandhelpyou.WereIyou(=IfIwereyou),Iwouldgoabroad.Shouldhecome(=Ifheshouldcome),tellhimtoringmeup.Whenaprepositionalphrasewhichindicatesapositionisusedasanadverbialofaplace,wecanputtheprepositionalphraseatthebeginningofthesentence,andputthepredicateverbbeforethesubject.Infrontofourclassroomaremanybeautifultrees.3.LookatPartAonpage41andfinishit.AnswersA1AuntreallyenjoyedFranceandsodidI.2Hardlyhadweleftthedormitorythenextmorningwhenwerealizedwehadforgottenourmapintheroom.3Hadyoucomewithus,IthinkyouwouldhaveenjoyedEuropetoo.4IsthereanythingspecialthatIcanbringyou?4.FinishPartB.AnswersB1NeverhaveIseensuchbeautifulflowersinthecity.2NeitherdoIhavetimetogotothemuseumtodayandnordoIwantto.3HardlyhadIstartedtolookatthepaintingswhentheteachersaiditwastimetoleavethemuseum.4.Theartistisalwaysdrawing;seldomisheseenwithoutanotebookinhishand.Forreference倒装句主语和谓语有两种顺序:一是主语在前,叫自然语序。反之,如果谓语在主语前就是倒装语序,又分全部倒装语和部分倒装。全部倒装是把全部谓语放在主语之前,部分倒装是把助动词或情态动词放在主语之前。1.全部倒装:1)Therebe句型:还可用live,happen,exist,remain,stand等等动词作这类句型的谓语:Longlongagotherelivedakingwholovedhorsesverymuch.Therehappenedtobenobodyinthebedroomwhenthefirebrokeout.ThereliesalargeGreenland...